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An interview between a daughter and her Colombian father telling the story of how he came to live in the US

I talked with my mother, Maria Elena Duarte, who came to the U.S. at age of 17. She talks about her life in Mexico and in the U.S. The difficulties of learning to live in a different country and starting...

At the age of seven, Jesse Marino and his family came to America to seek asylum from communism in Cuba. On December 22nd in Toluca Lake, Mia Phillips sat down with her family friend, Jesse Marino(58 years old), to learn...

I interviewed my father, an immigrant originally from Nanjing, China. He talks about his childhood, struggles and pressure in high school, college experiences in China and America, and what motivated him to immigrate to America.

In this interview, conducted in November 2019 in Santa Clara, California, I interviewed my dad Philip Whang (55) about his childhood life in Korea and the events that happened at that time. He shared stories about what education was like...

Interview my dad about being an immigrant

"Estamos tomando un gran riesgo." Marco y su esposa Felicia hablan de como es criar a dos niños pequeños en un matrimonio en el cual uno de ellos es indocumentado.

Here I interview my dad about his childhood and what is was like growing up in Europe. He describes living with 10 other siblings and the values his family shared. He then talks about the opportunities that allowed him to...

Mary describing the oldest relative she remembers.

I interviewed my dad about his experience on living on his own in three continents from the early age of 16.